New sanction against the striking teachers of the SET, the Teachers’ Union of Togo. Monday, April 25, the Minister in charge of the Public Service issued four orders: 112 teachers lost their jobs for good.
All were part of the cohort of teachers first removed from classes at the end of March and the beginning of April to be transferred to other departments of the administration. This time, therefore, these 112 teachers are “ revoked » or « licensed for » serious breaches to the texts governing their profession. They are accused of acts of incitement to violence, disobedience and revolt “. In question: school disruptions in some localities when students left their establishments at the beginning of the month to ask for the return of their teachers.
The SET, an “illegal” union
The SET is the union that has been trying to mobilize for several weeks to demand better working conditions and better pay for teachers. But for the government, it is not a legitimate interlocutor. The authorities consider the union to be “illegal”.
SET General Secretary Kokou Mawouegna says he is not discouraged. ” In any struggle, we leave feathers. The union is examining its avenues of appeal.
Note that three members of the SET are still in the civil prison of Lomé. And that in the four decrees signed Monday by Minister Gilbert Bawara, it is indicated that 26 other teachers are reinstated in their functions and six others temporarily excluded.